The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

BOSTON — Gregory Campbell is making it clear: he wants to get in a game.

"There's no question I'm ready," Campbell said Wednesday. "This is preseason and this is the point of preseason, to prepare. I don't expect to go out there and be in final shape. It's more about getting my game back. The decision will be made by the coaching staff and obviously the training staff."

Campbell is three months removed from surgery to repair his broken right fibula that included inserting a plate and six screws. He had difficulty skating at first with a grinding feeling in the ankle area around the screws, but added padding in his skate has alleviated that. He got word from doctors that the chance of reinjury is slim.

He went through 1-on-1 battle drills with Patrice Bergeron on Tuesday and did more battling during a physical team practice Wednesday, at one point getting knocked down awkwardly by Adam McQuaid. Campbell went feet-first into the boards, but came up OK.

The Bruins host the Red Wings in their third preseason game Thursday and it’s possible Campbell will play.

"There’s a chance that Gregory will play tomorrow; there is a chance," coach Claude Julien said. "That decision will be made. When I say made, it’s just that we have to make sure that he is ready and I always double check with the medical staff and it’s a preseason game so if he’s going to go in it’s because he’s ready to go."

If Campbell doesn’t play Thursday, it would seem likely he would be a go Saturday when the Bruins visit Detroit.

Campbell says he’s past the discomfort and realizes there’s a certain amount of pain he’ll have to deal with when he plays.

"That's really not the issue. It's just getting the strength back in those muscles and I don't want to over-think there," Campbell said. "Just go straight forward. Injuries are injuries. I think it’s something you just have to go forward and kind of turn the page. It might linger a little bit, but that's the effect of the injury. I think as I play, I'll get more comfortable and I think the mental challenge is overcoming it and feeling good enough to play.

"It's time for me now to just kind of move forward and play."

As for Bergeron (tenderness from torn rib cartilage), it’s unlikely he will play Thursday, but is a possibility for Saturday.

"Probably not (Thursday)," Julien said. "And that’s not because (Bergeron’s) not ready, we’re looking at different people. But I think for him, he needs a little bit more time. I think he’s close. If not tomorrow, which I doubt, there’s a chance maybe the next game in Detroit he could be ready starting then. Those aren’t carved in stone, those are things that I anticipate. It could change."